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'Whenever this is done': Uvalde police chief refusing to explain why he stopped cops from confronting shooter - The New Civil Rights Movement June 01, 2022 Peter Arredondo, the chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s police force, says he’s showing respect for the families by not explaining what reportedly was his decision to block law enforcement officers from confronting the gunman who killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School past week, but will when “the families quit grieving.” Arredondo reportedly has stopped cooperating with the Texas Dept. of Public Safety’s investigation into last week’s mass shooting. CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz was able to catch up with Arredondo Wednesday morning. “Just so you all know, obviously, we’re not going to release anything. We have people in our community being buried,” Arredondo said when pressed for details on why he stopped officers from capturing or taking down the gunman as children called 911 begging for help. “We’re going to be respectful to the families,” he told Prokupecz, who repeatedly asked him about that decision. “You have an opportunity to explain yourself to the parents,” Prokupecz offered, urging him to share his explanation. “Just so you know we’re going to do that eventually, obviously,” Arredondo replied. “When?” Prokupecz asked. “Whenever this is done and the families quit grieving, then we’ll do that obviously,” Arredondo said.

I think that the GOP has decided that they cannot gain the votes of moderate (sane) voters enough to actually win most elections. So, they have switched their tactics to suppress voters, install election officials who will interpret the votes as they are directed by the GOP, challenge in the courts endlessly any outcome they dislike and appeal to the rabid minority of voters who will not only turn out at the polls but threaten or actually use violence to distort the already flawed American electoral system in their favour. The candidates they field have to voice the themes of racism and grievance so as the motivate these cretins.

Gonna be some tough decisions with the receiving corps.

Or a tent in Stanley Park IPTV is better.

And deservedly so. This is misgenation.

The Justice Department Steps In To Review The Police Response In Uvalde . The DOJ announced in a press release: At the request of Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct a Critical Incident Review of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24. The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events. The review will be conducted with the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing. As with prior Justice Department after-action reviews of mass shootings and other critical incidents, this assessment will be fair, transparent, and independent. The Justice Department will publish a report with its findings at the conclusion of its review. Something Went Very Wrong With The Uvalde Police Response The response of the Uvalde police department has been criticized for days. Law enforcement has finally admitted that mistakes were made in response to the mass shooting. The police still haven’t given a clear and consistent timeline as to what happened, but they did try to blame a teacher for leaving a door propped open. The DOJ needs to investigate the police response because their investigation might be the only way that the families of the victims get answers. Kids died because the police didn’t follow procedures and do their jobs. Someone must be held accountable. https://www.politicususa.com/2022/05/29/justice-department-uvalde-police.html

Uvalde Police no longer cooperating with shooting investigation: report The Uvalde Police Dept. and the Uvalde Independent School District police are no longer cooperating with the Texas Dept. of Public Safety’s (DPS) investigation into last week’s mass shooting during which an 18-year old who bought two AR-15 style assault weapons and over 1000 rounds of ammunition killed 21 people and wounded 17 others. Citing multiple law enforcement sources, ABC News reports both the city’s police dept. and the school district’s police force decided to stop cooperating “soon after the director of DPS, Col. Steven McCraw, held a news conference Friday during which he said the delayed police entry into the classroom was ‘the wrong decision’ and contrary to protocol.” ABC adds that the “Uvalde police chief and a spokesperson for the Uvalde Independent School District did not immediately respond” to requests for comment. The news comes on the heels of new information from an attorney for the teacher who allegedly, according to McCraw, had left a door propped open. That door, video footage shows, had been closed, the lawyer says, Insider reports, citing a San Antonio Express-News report. “Since last week’s mass shooting in Uvalde — the country’s deadliest at an elementary school since Sandy Hook in 2012 — law enforcement officials have made crucial changes to the attack’s timeline at least a dozen times.” UPDATE: 5:59 PM ET – “The chief of the Uvalde school district police department, Pete Arredondo, has not responded to the Texas Rangers in two days for a follow-up interview from his initial statement immediately after the mass shooting, a spokesman for Texas DPS confirms,” Austin-American Statesman’s Tony Plohetski reports. https://www.alternet.org/2022/05/uvalde-police-not-cooperating-investigation/

I meant to type that Prukop was better than he was last game.

Wasn't able to watch the game, but it sounded like Prukop was better but it seems he has reached his ceiling, whereas Brown looks to have a better overall game and his ceiling is yet to be determined.

Am reduced to listening the game on OB- have to say the new broadcast team is better than I expected and not bad at all.

Uvalde Police Lied: A Teacher Never Left The Door Open Law enforcement tried to blame a teacher who left a door open for the Uvalde shooting, but surveillance video shows that the school employee closed the door. https://www.politicususa.com/2022/05/31/uvalde-police-lied-a-teacher-never-left-the-door-open.html

Have been online with BellMTS for nearly an hour now and getting the runaround. Horrid rendition of the anthem.

Apparently not, according to Bell/MTS tech support.

Thanks but paying $50+ to watch a preseason game is not cost-effective.

Our Bell-MTS tv service is down and will be for at least the next 24 hours- does anyone know if the game is being streamed anywhere else, like Youtube?

Did something else happen that you are not telling us about?

Credible reports from BBC and Al-Jazeera have been consistent in reporting that the Russians made some advances in Donetsk but have bogged down and even lost significant ground in the north-east.

And its not as if the Fraser Institute has ever parroted the right-wing agenda.

Or auspicious?

You may wish to consider Comwave or an IPTV package.

And yet, the healthiest economies along with the lowest violent crime rates and the highest public satisfaction (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Holland etc have thr highest corporate and personal income taxes and tightly regulated industries are....gasp... socialist. Every time the minimum wage or wages in general rise, there are dire predictions of economic doom. And yet, they never seem to come to pass.

It probably all comes down to Margaret Thatcher's attitude about her slashing services and supports for the poor, disabled and mentally ill. When questioned about how she could conscience grinding the less fortunate, she said," F..k them. They don't vote anyways."

The concept was the assumption that the very wealthy would be magnanimous and shower the poorer. The reality is that damned few wealthy choose to do that. The wealthy buy bigger yachts, more spacious homes, more expensive vehicles and use the money to build gated communities or even buy whole islands and always have. Democratic governments are supposed to create and sustain dynamic balances between all the competing social forces and strata. Another nice theory.

For fans of John Oliver, here is this week's look at American politics: